Students typically volunteer at first one to two hours a week during the semester, and most receive a credit for independent study. Some students have spent their time as work-study. There are opportunities for the more experienced students to work on their own research project. There aslo may be opportunities to earn some money as fieldwork assistants during the summer.

You can learn a lot about ecological research and build experience for your resume

You can get to know the graduate students and learn about their research and experiences

You might ask for letters of reference from the supervisors

Some of the undergraduate volunteers have become graduate students in WERG

Interested ?

Think about your interest in ecology research - do you like soil and mud? Do you like plants, bugs, amphibians? are you interested in metal analysis, pH, etc?

Email Marinus Otte to tour the lab and talk about opportunities. You can also stop in any time to 207 Stevens Hall.

Once you've decided to join us, you will need to complete some safety training before you can work in the lab. You need to take TWO on-line training sessions: the Baseline Safety training and the Laboratory Safety training (modules 1-6). Print the quizzes, fill in the answers after reviewing the presentations, enter Donna Jacob's name as the supervisor, and send it to the NDSU University Police and Safety Office. After one or two weeks, your corrected test will arrive in the lab and you can begin.